Vocabulary 1
Peer
Someone who has equal standing or are of the same group
The crime of betraying one's country especially an attempt to kill the leader
Golgotha
The skull-shaped hill that Jesus was supposedly crucified upon.
Macbeth
The Thane of Glamis and Cawdor.
The main character who is going to murder the king.
Why is Macbeth going to kill King Duncan?
Because he wants to fulfill the prophecy and become king himself, just as the Weird Sisters Predicted.
Harbinger
Someone or something that announces the approach of something.
Someone you are related to or especially close friends with. A member of your tribe.
Kinsman
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth's wife.
Why does Lady Macbeth keep making Macbeth feel like a coward?
To try to encourage him to kill King Duncan and not chicken out.
Valor
Great bravery, especially in valor.
to do something that you consider beneath your dignity
deign
Banquo
Macbeth's friend and peer in battle.
Why does King Duncan trust Macbeth?
Because they are kinsman and because he is a guest in Macbeth's castle.
Lavish
Rich, super comfortable, posh, lifestyle
gloomy, sad, dark, of a mood or person
Dismal
Duncan
Why does Macbeth eventually believe that the witches' prophecy about him becoming king will come true?
Because news came that he is now the Thane of Cawdor, and he wasn't expecting that to happen at all. Part of the prophecy came true, so all of it must be true, right?
Repentance
To be sorry and to make amends for something you did wrong.
To force or pressure someone to do something
Compel
The Weird Sisters
3 witches who tell Macbeth he will be Thane of Cawdor and the King of Scotland one day.
Why does Lady Macbeth say, "O'never shall sun that morrow see"?
Because King Duncan is going to be killed that night and not see the sun rise in the morning.